Space

Routine SpaceX Starship test ends in explosion in massive setback for Musk’s company

By Elaine Mallon June 19, 2025 11:28 am

Musk says he won’t decommission Dragon spacecraft after X user tells him to ‘cool off’

Ross O'Keefe Jun 5, 2025

Northern lights spawned by solar storm could be visible over several states tonight

Brady Knox Jun 2, 2025

White House withdraws Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA

Zach LaChance May 31, 2025

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FAA demands investigation into SpaceX Starship test failure

Jack Birle May 31, 2025

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., talks to the media during a news conference.

Hold the countdown: Trump can’t create a Space Force without Congress, Bill Nelson says

By Jamie McIntyre and Travis J. Tritten June 18, 2018 6:35 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at the beginning of a National Space Council meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018, as Vice President Mike Pence looks on.

Trump directs Pentagon to create a Space Force as a separate military branch

By Travis J. Tritten June 18, 2018 4:45 pm

In this Friday, June 16, 2017, file photo President Trump speaks about Cuba policy in Miami. The Trump Organization dissolved subsidiaries created to pursue business opportunities in Qatar six days after Donald Trump was inaugurated as Americaâs 45th president.

Trump orders the Commerce Department to create a space junk database

By Steven Nelson June 18, 2018 2:07 pm

Woman sues NASA over moon dust Neil Armstrong gave her

By Brooke Conrad June 12, 2018 8:12 pm

BM1 (SW) Marco Negron stands on the foredeck of the U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords LCS-10 as he gives a tour following the littoral combat ship's commissioning ceremony on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Galveston, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Congress divided over aircraft, ships and space in defense bill

By Travis J. Tritten June 12, 2018 4:00 am

On Thursday, scientists said NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found potential building blocks of life in an ancient lakebed and confirmed seasonal increases in atmospheric methane. The rover's arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic.

NASA discovers ‘building blocks’ of life on Mars

By Brooke Conrad June 7, 2018 7:45 pm

From left, actors Jason Isaacs, Sonequa Martin-Green and Shazad Latif pose for photographers during a photo call to promote the TV series 'Star Trek: Discovery' in London, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.

Stay in the International Space Station!

By Jared Whitley May 29, 2018 9:45 am

In this 2009 photo, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean talks about the largest exhibition of his artwork to date, inspired by his experience walking on the moon, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. He died at the age of 86 on Saturday.

Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon, dies at 86

By Daniel Chaitin May 26, 2018 7:15 pm

Jim Mattis ‘wide open’ to potential reorganization of US military space operations

By Travis J. Tritten May 23, 2018 11:11 pm

Mike Rogers: Air Force pays only lip service to space race against China

By Travis J. Tritten May 22, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif. Astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California say a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of a key program to search for extraterrestrial life. Dozens of radio dishes that make up the Allen Telescope Array in the mountains of far Northern California have scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals.

Bill pushes NASA to hunt for alien life

By Daniel Chaitin May 13, 2018 8:36 pm

President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd as he arrives to speak to navy and shipyard personnel aboard nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. The ship which is still under construction is due to be delivered to the Navy later this year.

The better alternative to Trump’s military space branch

By Tom Rogan May 1, 2018 9:00 pm